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33. Calidris leucophaea tridactyla. Eastern Sauderling. 

 Tringa tridactyla Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. vol. ii. 1827, 



p. 198 : Lake Baikal, Asia. 

 Very rare. 



34. Pisobia miuuta ruficollis. Little Stint. 



Tringa ruficollis Pallas, Reise Russ. Reiclis, vol. iii. 1776, 

 p. 700 : Siberia. 



A few were seen during November, but all had gone by 

 December the 7th ; they were very numerous during May 

 1912 and were mixed with other species. 



35. Erolia ferruginea chinensis. Eastern Curlew-Sand- 

 piper. 



Tringa (Pelidna) chinensis Gray, Zool. Misc. 1831, p. 2 : 

 China. 

 Common. 



36. Canutus canutus rogersi. Eastern Knot. 



Canutus canutus rogersi Mathews, Birds Austr. vol. iii. 

 1913, p. 270 : Japan. 

 Common. 



37. Anteliotringa tenuirostris. Great Knot. 



Totanus tenuirostris Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Loud, 

 vol. xiii. 1821, p. 192 : Java. 

 Common. 



38. Limicola falcinellus sibirica. Eastern Broad-billed 

 Sandpiper. 



Limicola sibirica Dresser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 674 : 

 Siberia. 

 Rare. 



39. Subspilura megala. Larger Pin-tailed Snipe. 

 Gallinago megala Swiiihoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 343 : Pekiu, 



China. 



One was obtaiued on January the 13th and another on 

 the 15th. 



40. Irediparra gallinacea rothschildi. Western Comb- 

 crested Jacana. 



Irediparra gallinacea rothschildi Mathews, Nov. Zool. 



